02 May 2020

Minnesota - Counterpoint: Founders believed all people are created equal

Loren Schumacher
Star News


Elk River, MN


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lead story - Trans woman sets herself on fire to protest government’s poor COVID-19 response

Alex Bollinger
LGBTQ Nation


Tbilisi, Georgia (country)


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Donald Trump - Op-Ed: Biden should play up his expertise, since it’s something Trump lacks

Jim Newton
Los Angeles Times


Our Leader.


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01 May 2020

My choice is Panera


Chicago, IL

ezs note:  I don't have to say it...but I will. In January 2020, things were pretty good.  Sure, there were some rumblings in Wuhan, China, but that seemed a world away.  Then, on February 5, Covid-19 reached the United States in California.  It reached my home state of Connecticut on March 6. 

Shit.

On April 29, Gov. Ned Lamont allowed drive-thru restaurants to open.  Now, you are asking about Panera Bread.  What does a chain store have to do with anything?  For me, it's the people.  When you decide that it's vital to be a transgender woman, this has consequences. Panera Bread welcomed me, bar none.  Now Panera Bread has its difficulties.  They aren't a chain store, they're people.  I want to help them as much as they want to help me.

Now I'm only talking about one store.  But Panera Bread is my friend.  I hope you will see that, too.

civil rights - Zara reaches settlement with transgender shopper over alleged discrimination

New Mexico - Lt. Gov. Morales says FDA should drop blood donor waiting period on gay, bisexual, queer and transgender men

Matthew Reichbach
NMPoliticalReport


Lt. Gov. Ernie Morales


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lead story - 2 men detained for allegedly burning 2 transgender women to death in Puerto Rico

Donald Trump - Why the Trump Ploy Stopped Working

30 April 2020

civil rights - Equality California hosts mega virtual fundraiser

Press
Los Angeles Blade


San Francisco, CA


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Florida - Florida Transgender Icon Henrietta Robinson Dead at 79

Donald Padgett
Advocate


South Beach, FL


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ezs note:  rest in peace, Henrietta...

lead story - Transgender beauty influencer outs gay men in Morocco, sparking widespread fear

Liam Woods
NBC News


Rabat, Morocco


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Donald Trump - Trump erupts at campaign manager as reelection stress overflows

29 April 2020

civil rights - Rachel Levine, the ‘Anthony Fauci of Pennsylvania,’ takes on COVID-19

Chris Johnson
Washington Blade


Hershey, PA


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Illinois - Barriers to health care for transgender individuals

Rachel Hatch
Illinois State University


Illinois State University
Normal, IL


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lead story - Transgender fire chief files discrimination suit over firing

Donald Trump - Trump Decides Now Would Be a Great Time to Cut Coronavirus Research Funding

civil rights - Take heart, progressives: When the party moves left, Biden has always followed

Charlotte Clymer
The Washington Post


Joe Biden


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28 April 2020

New York - TRANSGENDER SEX WORKERS IN NEW YORK CITY STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE THE PANDEMIC

Rebecca Chowdhury
The Appeal


New York City, NY





lead story - Another transgender woman killed in Puerto Rico — the third in 8 days

Muri Assunção
Daily News


Bayamón, PR


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Donald Trump - Howard Stern sparks outrage by saying Trump and his supporters should 'take disinfectant and all drop dead' after president suggested it as a coronavirus treatment

Andrew Court
Daily Mail


ezs note:  Oh, pleeease, Donald... drink a big bottle...


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